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<blockquote data-quote="stockdogcompany" data-source="post: 932918" data-attributes="member: 18848"><p>Border collies(90%), australian kelpies, occasionally an australian shepherd, and some bc/kelpie/bull dog crosses. Gathering work is done with all above, with as much variation within breeds as between. A well trained dog ready to go is worth its weight in gold. If you have ever seen well broke cattle handled by a good stock man you'd sell most of your remuda and fire most of your day-help cowboys.</p><p></p><p>Even out of carefully bred and culled lines only so many pups turn out to be useful for certain purposes. Not all dogs gather, not all dogs drive, not all dogs will work through sloughs and palmetto scrub, etc. "Pick the dog for the trick" as the old circus trainers used to say. Beware the man who says all the pups he breeds or buys and trains turn out. The reason why well started and finished dogs are costly is because even out of well bred lines there will be plenty culled. And plenty injured and killed.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thestockdogcompany.com" target="_blank">http://www.thestockdogcompany.com</a></p><p></p><p>"I can't do everything with a stock dog, but I can do most of it better."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stockdogcompany, post: 932918, member: 18848"] Border collies(90%), australian kelpies, occasionally an australian shepherd, and some bc/kelpie/bull dog crosses. Gathering work is done with all above, with as much variation within breeds as between. A well trained dog ready to go is worth its weight in gold. If you have ever seen well broke cattle handled by a good stock man you'd sell most of your remuda and fire most of your day-help cowboys. Even out of carefully bred and culled lines only so many pups turn out to be useful for certain purposes. Not all dogs gather, not all dogs drive, not all dogs will work through sloughs and palmetto scrub, etc. "Pick the dog for the trick" as the old circus trainers used to say. Beware the man who says all the pups he breeds or buys and trains turn out. The reason why well started and finished dogs are costly is because even out of well bred lines there will be plenty culled. And plenty injured and killed. [url=http://www.thestockdogcompany.com]http://www.thestockdogcompany.com[/url] "I can't do everything with a stock dog, but I can do most of it better." [/QUOTE]
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